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Table 1 Resources required per screened woman by intervention arm, with associated costs in 2019 (€ 1 = 10.5912 SEK)

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of repeated self-sampling for HPV testing in primary cervical screening: a randomized study

  

Pap smear (n = 18,393)

HPV self-sampling (n = 17,997)

Unit Cost (€)

Units

Costs (€)

Units

Costs (€)

Primary screening

 Pap smear cytological analysis

25

6364

159,100

  

 Midwife appointment for sampling

98

6364

623,672

  

 First HPV self-sampling kit, return and HPV test (including postal fees)

27

  

7997

215,919

 2nd HPV self-sampling kit, return and HPV test (including postal fees)

27

  

501

13,527

Total cost of primary screening

  

782,772

 

229,446

 Screened women

 

6364

 

7997

 

 Abnormal cytology in need of clinical follow-up

 

222

   

 2nd HPV-positive in need of clinical follow-up

   

355

 

 Incremental effect (screened women)

  

1633

  

 Cost per screened woman

  

123

 

29

 ICER per extra screened woman

  

− 339

  

Clinical follow-up

 Pap smear cytological analysis

25

238

5950

428

10,700

 HPV analysis*

38

173

6574

46

1748

 Midwife appointment for sampling

98

166

16,268

4

392

 Colposcopy appointment

470

114

53,580

384

180,480

 Biopsy histological analysis

147

114

16,758

367

53,949

Total cost of clinical follow-up

  

99,130

 

247,269

Total cost of primary screening + clinical follow-up

  

881,902

 

476,715

 CIN2+

 

68

 

175

 

 Incremental effect (CIN2+)

  

107

  

 Cost per woman with CIN2+

  

12,969

 

2724

 ICER per extra detected woman with CIN2+

  

− 3787

  

Sensitivity analysis HPV vs. Pap smear (ICER per extra detected woman with CIN2+)

Efficacy parameters

  Participation rate + 25% Pap smear

 

7955

−5451

  

  Participation rate + 25% HPV self-sampling

  

− 3124

9996

 

  Participation rate − 25% Pap smear

 

4773

−111

  

  Participation rate − 25% HPV self-sampling

  

− 4129

5998

 

Screening cost variation

  HPV self-sampling + 25%

34

 

− 3092

  

  HPV self-sampling −25%

20

 

− 4160

  

  Pap smear cytological analysis + 25%

32

 

− 3990

  

  Pap smear cytological analysis −25%

19

 

− 3262

  

  Midwife appointment + 25%

122

 

− 5076

  

  Midwife appointment −25%

73

 

− 2176

  

  Midwife appointment −50%

49

 

− 727

  
  1. *Total cost of HPV test including HPV kit and analysis performed at the HPV laboratory, Uppsala University and transfer of the results to the database at the Department of Cytology and Pathology, Uppsala University Hospital